Antirattler for awning-fixtures.



. No. 704,397. Patented July 8, I902 J. SULLIVAN.

ANTIBATTLER FOR AWNING FIXTURES.

(Application filed Oct. 25, 1901.)

(No Model.)

IN VENTOI? haw; fiaZZ/an A TTOHNEYS UNTTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES SULLIVAN, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

ANTIRATTLER FOR AWNING-FIXTURES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 704,397, dated July 8, 1902.

Application filed October 25,1901. $erial No. 79,925. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom it ntrty concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES SULLIVAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Antirattler for Awning-Fixtures, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a means whereby through the medium of a single strip of leather or like material the guide-sleeve of an awning-fixture will be rendered noiseless when sliding upon its guiderod and whereby the adjacent socket for the awning-frame will likewise be rendered noiseless in its movement by the same means.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through one side of an awning-fixture and a side elevation of a portion of a window-frame and likewise a vertical section through the device applied to the said awning-fixtu re. Fig. 2 is'a horizontal section taken practically on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the antirattling device.

A represents the antirattling device which is used in connection with an awning-fixture, which device consists of a strip of leat-heror like material so out as to form a body 10, usually rectangular, and tabs 11 and 12, which extend from opposite side edges of the body, the tab 12 being longer than the opposing tab 11, and the tab 11 is provided with an opening 11 near its outer end, while the tab 12 is provided with a similar opening 12, as is shown in Fig. 3.

B represents a portion of a window-frame, upon which the usual guide-rod 13 is secured, provided with an awning-fixture O, and a sleeve 14 is mounted to slide on this guiderod in the usual manner, the sleeve being provided with the customary inner projection 15, having its inner end portion provided with athread 16. The eye 17 of a socket 18 is loosely mounted on the projection 15,

and this socket is adapted to receive a side bar 19 of the awning-frame 0, all of which construction is that which is ordinarily employed, and the eye 17 of the socket 18 is held in position on the extension 15'from the sleeve 14 by a suitable nut 20.

Before the sleeve 1 L is placed upon the guide-rod 13 the body portion 10 of the antirattling device A is bent to tubular form and is fitted in the sleeve 14 in suchmanner that the shorter tab 11 will extend up from the top of the sleeve 14, while the lower tab 12 extends down from the said sleeve. The upper tab 11 of the antirattling device is then carried downward, and the extension or projection 15 from the sleeve is made to enter the opening 11 in the tab 11, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Next the eye 17 of the socket 18 is made to receive the said projection or extension 15 of the sleeve 14 and is carried to an engagement with the tab 11. Then the lower tab 12 is bent upward and the projection or extension 15 of the sleeve 14 is made to enter the opening 12 in the lower tab 12, and the upper portion of the tab is carried to an engagement with the inner face of the eye-section of the socket 18, as is also shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Finally the nut 20 is screwed to place and has bearing against the inner face of the long tab 12. Under such an arrangement it will be ob served that the single strip of material serves as an interior antirattling washer for the sleeve and antirattling washers for the eyesection of the socket 18 and the 1ock-nut 20, used in connection with the socket.

It is very evident that no matter how violently the awning-frame may be raised and lowered there will be no rattling, as each engaging point is protected by a pliable washer, causing the movement of the awning-frame to be'perfectly noiseless. It is alsoevident that the device employed to accomplish this end is not only si1nple,durable, and economic, but that it is easily applied and when damaged or worn may be conveniently replaced by a fresh one.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patenti 1. An antirattling device for awning-fixtures, consisting of a strip of pliable material such as leather, having an enlarged intermediate portion or body-section and apertured tabs extending from opposite sides of the bodysection, the body-section being adapted to be bent about an axis parallel to the length of the strip into tubular form, and the tabs bent outward from the ends thereof, for the purpose described.

2. An antirattling device for awning-fixtures, consisting of a strip of leather provided with a rectangular body, and apertured tabs extending from opposite sides of the said body, one tab being longer than the other, for the purpose described.

3. In awning-fixtures,the combination,with a guide-rod, a sleeve mounted to slide on the rod and provided with a threaded projection,

and a socket for a member of the aWning-' frame mounted to turn upon the projection from the said'sleeve, of an antirattling device consisting of a strip of leather or a like material, comprising a body-section and apertured tabs extending from opposite sides of the body-section, the body-section being bent to cylindrical form and introduced into the said sleeve, the tabs extending respectively from the top and bottom of the sleeve, one tab being passed over the projection of the sleeve,

, entering the space between the socket and the sleeve, the other tab being also passed over the projection from the sleeve, engaging with the opposite face of the said socket, and a lock-nut located on the said projection and engaging with the upwardly-carried tab of the antirattling device, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES SULLIVAN.

Witnesses:

PETER G. HERSCH, GEORGE WIoHELUs. 

